I knew I was trying to shock because I was reacting slightly each day, and bleeding under the skin on my arms. It was the 4th day after ending my predisone. I started itching like crazy, so I took 50 mg of benadryl. It didnt stop. I was nauseaous and threw up a few times, tasted like supper beef--was bad, acid so I think it may have had too many histamines in it. I took 40 mg of prednisone, It slowed down but didnt stop. Next time I dont fool around , I will take 60mg to 80 mg. My life is t worth the worry
My daughters boyfriend took me to meet the ambulance in the usual place. They were funny, neither one had been with me before so I was giving the one caring for me a quick lesson on what to do. I told him what I took and said, "I will need an IV quickly and solumedrol." He did it. Then I told him my BO would sky rocket then drop like a stone , dont let it throw you. He was amazed when my BP went from 140/90 to 231/133 to 90/70 all in 2 minutes.. He said, "You sure know your disease!".
The hospital took good care of me but the DR was one of those "I know better than you." type. He refused to do a Tryptase and gave me Pepcid when I asked for Zantac LOL.. I did get better though.
The bad part of my day is, not one family member showed up or even called the hospital. They have a lot of excuses but I still hurt over it. Empty lobby when I was released, Empty parking lot..I called all of them and got many excuses of why someone else will come pick me up. I saw an inconvenience. Next time I will take my own car, no matter what. I sat for 3 hours until someone came to pick me up... Really hurt my feelings. Now they are angry that I dare to get upset with them over it, "after all they have done for me."
The good thing is, I had some resaly important testing done when I was in the hospital 2 weeks ago but I didnt have the results,. I have most of them now (got them this morning while waiting).
The 24 hour urine is still pending but I have some results that answer A LOT of questions.
Lisa and Heather can you help me here> My brain is mush and you are both so brilliant. Can you shed some light on what this means for me??
Here are ONLY the abnormal lab values;
WBC-----------17.8--HIGH---normal is 3.0 to 10.1
HGB-----------15.6--HIGH---normal is 12.0 to 15.4
NA ------------133---LOW----normal is 143 to 145
PROTEIN TOTAL-CHANGES IN NUTRITION
ALB------------3.2--LOW----normal is 3.4 to 5.0
GLOB---------4.0---HIGH----normal is 2.3 to 3.5
A2 GLOB------1.2--HIGH----normal is o.4 to 0.9
"Hypoalbuminemia pattern, Consider protein deficiency or protein losing disease state."
BETA GLOB---1.5--HIGH----normal is 0.5 to 1.2
A/G RATIO----0.0----LOW---normal is 3.3 to 3.6
AST/SGOT----10-----LOW---normal is 15 to 37
ALT/SGOT----27-----LOW----normal is 37 to 55
TSH --------- .29-----LOW----normal is .38 to 6.15
PLT-----------379----HIGH----normal is 140 to 350
NEUT #------13.2----HIGH----normal is 1.0 to 6.6
MONO#------1.4-----HIGH----normal is 0.0 to 0.9
DIFF----
SEGs--------84-------HIGH----normal is 50 to 70
LYMPH------10-------LOW-----normal is 20.0 to 40.0
BAS0# -----0.0------LOW-----normal is 0.0 to 20
IGG subclasses;
IGG3<--- 17 ----LOW----normal is 41 to 129
"IgG3: Along with IgG1, the IgG3 subclass is most frequently present in the antibody response to protein antigens. IgG3 deficiency has been associated with a history of recurrent infectious, leading to chronic lung disease. Decreased IgG3 levels are frequently associated with IgG1 deficiency (63)."But, MOST dramatic, is this lab result;
My IGE is 1330.0 normal is anything under 100.
My IGM is low 40.0
I got the results of my ECG which say I had an anterior infarct in May of last year. I guess it was during an episode. Abnormal ECG but normal sinus rhythm. chest xray shows no problems with heart or bone formation around it. My LDH and HDL are both very good.
ok, what do you think??
Love ya,
Ramona